Productive brown trout rivers in Iceland

In recent years, brown trout fishing in Iceland has becoming more popular and many anglers go brown trout fishing more often than they do for other salmonids.There are many well-known brown trout rivers in Iceland and it is amazing how large the brown trout are in many of them. However, the best brown trout rivers are different in many ways and the price of fishing licenses in them varies. But what are the ten most productive brown trout rivers in Iceland? Below is a list, with their average catch from 1987 – 2020.

  1. River Laxá above Brúar – 4222
  2. River Laxá in Ásum – 2248
  3. Grenlækur – 1424
  4. River Vatnsdalsá – 1116
  5. Laxá in Aðaldalur – 955
  6. River Litlaá – 879
  7. River Skaftá – 765
  8. River Hróarholtslækur – 719
  9. Hvítá í Borgarfirði – 492 
  10. River Húseyjarkvísl – 457

Picture/Högni H